Mark Hamilton brings years of hospitality experience to this position, including hotel operations, technology consulting and higher education. Most recently, Hamilton was Director of Hospitality Consulting for Evans & Chastain, L.L.P. As a former Director of the Technology Research and Education Center (TREC) at the Conrad Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, Hamilton is well known and widely respected for his role in the development and testing of new and emerging technologies for the hospitality industry and for his involvement in landmark technology research. He frequently addresses national and international audiences on hospitality technology-related topics and has been a longtime contributor to a number of industry journals and trade publications.

"This is an exciting time to be joining Aloha Technologies," said Hamilton. "I'm looking forward to helping the company move to the next level of growth as they expand their product line to become a comprehensive and consummate technology solution provider for the hospitality industry."

Mark earned an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the University of Louisiana and a Masters degree in Hospitality Management from the University of Houston. He holds the designations of Certified Hospitality Technology Professional and Certified Hospitality Educator from HFTP and the American Hotel and Lodging Association.

Aloha Technologies is a privately held software and information solutions company that provides a comprehensive suite of point-of-sale and property management system solutions to the foodservice and lodging industries. The Aloha family of software and services includes Aloha TableService, Aloha QuickService, Aloha Enterprise.com, Aloha eCard, Aloha HotelManager and more. For additional information, call (800) 79-ALOHA, or visit www.alohapms.com.

ONHTEC®, a co-production by Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals® and Hsyndicate, aims to become the most comprehensive and trendsetting online conference & showcase of hospitality IT & distribution technology available on the web. Starting from October 2002, ONHTEC ® will provide quarterly scheduled online conferences geared around pertinent trends in hospitality technology. ONHTEC ® aims to provide knowledge & know-how to industry professionals at all levels of expertise. For more information about the conference, please go to the ONHTEC web site at www.onhtec.com. For more information about the exposition, please contact Lance Peterson at Lance.Peterson@hftp.org or (512) 249-5333 x20.

Kevin Heilbronner is the US Editor for wiredhotelier.com and hospitalitynet.org, providing streaming multimedia-content for these websites. Based outside of Washington DC, Heilbronner has worked with Hsyndicate to conduct interviews at several hospitality trade shows in the US and Europe over the last couple of years. His column and content are featured in the Hospitality Net weekly newsletter. A familiar voice in Washington, DC, Heilbronner is the stadium announcer for the NBA's Washington Wizards, WNBA's Washington Mystics and WUSA's Washington Freedom. He resides in Centreville, VA and can be reached via email: Kevin@hsyndicate.com.